The 2025-26 Budget: The California State Payroll System IT Project

Mar 7, 2025 - At least 91 processing departments (and, for some processes, nearly all state departments) will need to onboard to CSPS, but there is currently no information about which processing departments will be included in each of the waves.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5011

The 2024-25 Budget: Preliminary May Revision Analysis for Child Welfare

May 24, 2024 - Passing only what is necessary this year would allow more time for the remaining stakeholder questions and policy issues to be worked out and give the Legislature the chance to assess whether the rates structure is in line with its vision for permanent CC R rates.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4909

The 2025-26 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Mar 6, 2025 - By eliminating the minor recipient p rovider eligibility requirements, IHSS-eligible minor recipients are now treated like all other IHSS recipients when it comes to the selection of a provider. As of December 2024, roughly 91  percent of minor recipients had a paid provider —which is slightly higher, but close to, the utilization rate for the overall IHSS population.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5009

The 2024-25 Budget: In-Home Supportive Services

Feb 29, 2024 - Figure  1 shows that the average share of authorized cases that are paid every month slightly decreased from 91  percent to 88  percent from January 2019 through December 2023. This translates to roughly 22,000 fewer paid cases every month relative to pre-COVID-19 levels.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4868

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of the Governor’s CalWORKs Proposals

Feb 3, 2021 - Moreover, since spring, a larger share of applications (about 60  p ercent) has been denied compared to recent years (about 48  p ercent). Finally, Figure  3 shows that the exit rate has accelerated in October and November to about 10  p ercent of the caseload, above the recent average of about 6  p ercent to 8  p ercent.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4341

The 2021-22 Budget: Medi-Cal Enterprise System Modernization Effort

Feb 17, 2021 - States that redesign their IT systems to align with MITA generally are eligible for enhanced federal financial participation at 90  p ercent of total costs for planning, development, and implementation of a new system, and 75  p ercent of total costs for maintenance and operations of the system (once certified as aligned with MITA).
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4375

Preliminary Assessment of Significant Changes to State's Technology Project Approval and Oversight Processes

Apr 29, 2025 - For example, the incremental and iterative nature of the PDL process means baseline cost information might not be available until at least the MVP of a project is completed and the subsequent p roject iterations are better understood.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/5034

The 2023-24 California Spending Plan: Human Services

Nov 6, 2023 - At the time the program and fund were created, the state p rovided a General Fund loan to begin implementation, while planning for the fund to repay the General Fund loan over several years and envisioning the fund ’s revenues in the long term would be sufficient to fully fund the program ’s operations.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4812/8

The 2021-22 Budget: California State Payroll System IT Project

Feb 2, 2021 - CalHR requests $230,000 General Fund and 1 p osition to hire an Enterprise HR Project Director to support the implementation of state HR and labor policies and practices in CSPS. Phased Procurement Process Planned.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4339

The 2021-22 Budget: Analysis of Child Welfare Proposals

Feb 11, 2021 - Maximum grant amounts decrease from 90  p ercent of base year funding in 2020 t o 75  p ercent of base year funding in 2021. In addition, the federal government provided one ‑time grant funding in 2020 t o help all counties begin to implement FFPSA.
https://lao.ca.gov/Publications/Report/4364